Nita Strauss reveals why Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” made her burst into tears — and how she reinvented it on guitar for the ...

The Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” doesn’t sound much like the music of the 1970s. Instead, it became one of the most beloved alternative rock songs of the 1990s, even though it wasn’t supposed to be a ...

Irish band NewDad recently covered the Smashing Pumpkins hit “1979” while in Austin, Texas. They were originally set to play SXSW, but were one of 12 Irish bands to pull out of the festival. Nearly 60 ...

Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan is "honoured and touched" after R'n'B star Jessie Reyez interpolated the alternative band's track '1979' on her new single, 'Psilocybin and Daisies'. The 33-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frontman and band leader Billy Corgan explains that it went through numerous, less successful incarnations to get there. "Every ...

One of the '90s most beloved songs.

Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin breaks down the technical and creative choices behind the distinctive drum pattern on "1979," explaining how a seemingly simple beat became one of the song's ...

Few songs capture the bittersweet feeling of growing up quite like The Smashing Pumpkins' "1979." Released in 1995, the coming-of-age anthem became the band's biggest crossover hit, and now, more than ...

Smashing Pumpkins performs in the music video "1979" from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" recorded for Virgin Records. The music video opens with a group of children rolling another ...